We have foam in our patient rooms and at all of the nurses stations. Pretty much the same thing... though it does wonders for acne and warts. A nurse just told me today and she had a wart for years that went away after two night shifts of using anti-bacterial foam... and apparently if cures zits... can't say that I've tried either... but I have accidentally sprayed it in my eye and it hurt like Hell.

Every late fall through winter, the combination of antiseptic soaps, cold, and dryness precipitates a dermatological condition, in which hand skin gives an appearance of loosened scales that will crack off--then, insult to injury; hand sanitizers to the raw dermis.

I guess I should be happy those nerve-endings still perform their alerting functions well. (That's what I console my excitable Eskie when she's safely indoors NOT attacking anyone. "Good Girl! You are doing a marvelous job of protecting your family.")

I don't know what it is called... I'm sure you can buy it at the drugstore.

Well... apparently some nurses I work with swear by the foam sanitizer that hospitals have everywhere... one of my co-workers told me that she dabs it on her zits, and says they go away. She swears by it.

She also said after using it (we foam any time we go in or leave a patient room and our hands aren't visibly soiled and in need of soap and water) for a few nights... a recurring wart on her hand shrunk and disappeared.

I use it a lot but have never put it on my face, lol ...it is hard on my my hands... probably a dermatologist's worst nightmare... makes my hands dry out really fast.

That is funny you asked. I guess if you had a zit on your face with a pulse and big enough to be declared as a state in the union... you'd try darn near anything. I've been known to lance and aspirate with a tb syringe... but, only when I'm bored. lol

Get yourself some of this stuff: http://www.kiehls.com/_us/_en/body/hands-and-feet/ultimate-strength-hand-salve.htm

I used to have extremely dry and cracked hands all winter. Now I use this stuff and I don't have dry skin at all, though my hands do smell mildly like eucalyptus. Only thing I ever found that actually works. A bit pricey, but worth every penny.

The active ingredient in purell is ethanol.So, I suppose you could drink some (as many patients have) to dull the pain.I also dread paper cuts, as once I get one I have the pleasure of purelling them 20-40 more times before I go home.

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